Economics education and greed

Academy of Management Learning and Education

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 643-660

  Wang, Long ^a   Malhotra, Deepak ^b   Murnighan, J Keith ^c  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84862908722     PISSN: 1537260X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5465/amle.2009.0185     Document Type: Article

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